Results of the Warner Robins Cigarette Litter Prevention Program were reported this week following cigarette litter scans of downtown Warner Robins conducted as part of the Keep America Beautiful® Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.

That's according to a Keep Warner Robins Beautiful news release.

In its second year with the program, Keep Warner Robins Beautiful noted a 14% reduction in cigarette butt litter throughout the target area of North Davis Drive, Prince Street, and Duke Avenue.

“This program allows us to make improvements in our effort to help reduce litter. Simple actions like providing outdoor containers for cigarettes and distributing pocket ashtrays have made a difference in decreasing litter in our target areas,” said Regina Palladeno.

Hunters statewide can celebrate the beginning of dove season at noon Saturday, Sept. 3.

That's according to a Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) news release.

The official 2011-2012 dove seasons are Sept. 3-18, Oct. 8-16 and Nov. 24 - Jan. 7. Shooting hours are noon until sunset on opening day (Sept.3) of the first season and one-half hour before sunrise to sunset for the remaining two seasons. Sunrise and sunset times for each day are found in the 2011-2012 Georgia Hunting Seasons and Regulations guide or online at www.georgiawildlife.com .

The daily bag limit is 15 doves per hunter. Additionally, there have been some reports of white-winged doves in Georgia. White-winged doves may be harvested, but count toward the daily bag limit of 15.

Until last year, I had thought facebook was a tool for just teenagers and young adults. They grew up with technology that we (40’s-ish) cannot comprehend. Before I got the “aha” about Facebook, I thought that it was for people who wanted to vent about their day. To our teens it’s so much more than that- It’s about identity (their own and everyone else’s). Their Facebook page is an extension of their personalities, with games, pictures (and lots of them), status, friends, a place to vent, likes and dislikes.

What we (40’s-ish) do not understand is how to protect them. They have so much information out there on the net that it could come back to haunt them one day. So I began to look into this and this is what I found:

“Dungeon Dan”, otherwise known as Dan Hart, the volunteer coordinator at the Museum of Aviation, will appear in full pirate garb this Friday, July 15, for pre-schoolers attending the Museum’s Pirate Camp.

That's according to a aMuseum of Aviation news release.

A member of several pirate “crews,” he and his wife Kathy Hart (Kruel Kathy) are true pirate lovers and participate in parades and festivals in the Tampa Bay Florida area where Dan is from and in Valdosta and Atlanta as well.

Dan has been interested in pirates ever since his dad took him to the pirate parades in Tampa as a kid. His costume is genuine “theater grade” according to Dan “that you can’t buy at Wal-Mart.” The former Chief of Police of Warner Robins from 1993 to 2003, Dan has been taking care of approximately 100 volunteers at the Museum of Aviation since 2004. Kathy is the director of HODAC in Warner Robins.